Main Cast: Daniel Auteuil, Nastassja Kinski, Katrin Cartlidge, Ciarán Hinds, Marianne Denicourt
Release Year: 1999
Country: UK/FR
Run Time: 102 minutes
MPAA Rating: R
Plot
The Lost Son brings together talented British director Chris Menges with a well-known face of French cinema, Daniel Auteuil, who plays a detective in self-exile in London who deals mostly with cases of adultery. At the same time, he is trying to come to terms with the ghosts of his past. While trying to locate the brother-in-law of an old friend who once saved his life, he finds himself in the middle of a network of pedophiles. The director tries to avoid voyeurism or over-simplification in dealing with such a sensitive issue. The tone is not judgmental. One memorable image sums up the thrust of the film: a silent boy urinating on the corpse of one of his torturers. ~ Gönül Dönmez-Colin, All Movie Guide
Bruce Greenwood - Friedman; Billie Whitelaw - Mrs. Spitz; Cyril Shaps - Mr. Spitz; Jamie Harris - Hopper; Hemal Pandya - Shiva; Billy Smyth - Boy #6; Cal Macaninch - Peter; Mark Benton - Martin
Credit
Raymond Chan - Art Director, Ricky Eyres - Supervising Art Director, Judy Menges - Associate Producer, Simone Ireland - Casting, Vanessa Pereira - Casting, Rosie Hackett - Costume Designer, Stuart Renfrew - First Assistant Director, Chris Menges - Director, Luc Barnier - Editor, Pamela Power - Editor, Georges Benayoun - Executive Producer, Nik Powell - Executive Producer, Sarah Radclyffe - Executive Producer, Stephen Woolley - Executive Producer, Marina Gefter - Executive Producer, Paul Cowan - Line Producer, Goran Bregovic - Composer (Music Score), John Beard - Production Designer, Barry Ackroyd - Cinematographer, Finola Dwyer - Producer, Martin Trevis - Sound/Sound Designer, Tom Delmar - Stunts Coordinator, Eric Leclere - Screen Story, Margaret Leclere - Screen Story, Eric Leclere - Screenwriter, Margaret Leclere - Screenwriter, Mark Mills - Screenwriter
